Teater Ford
Teater yang berlokasi di Washington, DC
Teater Ford (bahasa Inggris: Ford's Theatre) ialah sebuah bekas teater di Washington, D.C., yang digunakan untuk sejumlah pertunjukan panggung pada awal tahun 1860-an. Di teater inilah pada tanggal 14 April 1865 (Good Friday) Presiden Amerika Serikat Abraham Lincoln ditembak oleh John Wilkes Booth. Setelah penembakan tersebut, sang presiden dilarikan menyeberangi jalan ke Petersen House, di mana keesokan harinya Ia meninggal. Teater dan rumah tersebut dilindungi dengan nama Ford's Theatre National Historic Site. Ford's Theatre terletak di 511 10th Street, NW.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Ford's Theatre.
- Official NPS website: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
- Ford's Theatre Society including Center for Education and Leadership, theater Box Office
- The 1893 collapse of Ford's Theatre
- Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
- The Life and Plot of John Wilkes Booth
- Podcast with the curator of Ford's Theatre from the Speaking of History Podcast – MP3 file
- Podcast of the Ranger Talk for visitors from Ford's Theatre from the Speaking of History Podcast
- Ford's Theatre at Google Cultural Institute
- "A Living Museum" (Slideshow). The New York Times. July 15, 2009. Diakses tanggal July 15, 2009.